Telegram Building

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Telegram Building
Portland Historic Landmark [1]
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View of clock tower and main entry in 2009
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Location1101–1117 SW Washington Street
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates 45°31′19″N122°40′57″W / 45.521917°N 122.682619°W / 45.521917; -122.682619
Built1922
ArchitectRassmussen Grace Company
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 93001560
Added to NRHP1994

The Telegram Building is a historic building in Portland, Oregon. It was constructed in 1922, [2] several years after The Evening Telegram newspaper had been purchased by John E. and L. R. Wheeler. [3] The Telegram was a newspaper founded in 1877 by Henry L. Pittock; it merged in 1931 with the Portland News, creating the Portland News-Telegram , which ceased publishing in 1939.

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The red brick and terra-cotta structure culminates in a colonial-style clock tower. [4]

A major renovation was completed in 2004, renovating the building to accommodate multi-tenant office space. The renovation added two floors of underground parking, office space upstairs, and a penthouse (also office space) behind the clock tower. The Telegram Building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [2]

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References

  1. Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 13, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  3. Turnbull, George S. (1939). "The Portland Telegram"  . History of Oregon Newspapers  . Binfords & Mort.
  4. King, Bart. An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, pp. 53-54 (photo). Gibbs Smith, 2001